CVE-2006-4997

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 09 Oct 2006, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 19:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
47/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
35.02% HIGH
35% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Oct 2006, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 19:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 35.02%• Percentile: 97%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    5.10 | 6.06 | 6.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.18

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    2.1 | 3 | 4

References (38)